The Facebook Business Model Is Making Sure You Can Never Have a Thanksgiving Dinner

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Tristan: If we were to go chronological, that's the kind of thing that you would need as a kind of a game theoretic multipolar trap. The goal here can't just be a nicer, more enjoyable facebook. I think in the end, if you actually talk to people, do you want computers to choose what you focus on? We should all have control over our own personal sovereignty - not tell us how to govern ourselves.

We are now in social media's Big Tobacco moment. And that’s largely thanks to the courage of one woman: Frances Haugen.

Frances is a specialist in algorithmic product management. She worked at Google, Pinterest, and Yelp before joining Facebook — first as a Product Manager on Civic Misinformation, and then on the Counter-Espionage team. But what she saw at Facebook was that the company consistently and knowingly prioritized profits over public safety. So Frances made the courageous decision to blow the whistle — which resulted in the biggest disclosure in the history of Facebook, and in the history of social media.

In this special interview, co-hosts Tristan and Aza go behind the headlines with Frances herself. We go deeper into the problems she exposed, discuss potential solutions, and explore her motivations — along with why she fundamentally believes change is possible. We also announce an exciting campaign being launched by the Center for Humane Technology — to use this window of opportunity to make Facebook safer.